What are some Books for Improving the Self?

The Phenomenology of Spirit.

>>8748842
No. Start with the Greeks

>>8748878

hume then kant first.

>>8748879
This. Start with the Memorable Sayings of Socrates.

PS: I think she's prettier *before* the makeover.

I feel really bad for women

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Way cuter on the right. I want to dick her so hard and then go to her parents for Thanksgiving. She'll furtively rub the inside of my leg under the table, and I'll call her parents "sir" and "mam".

>>8748842

LEFT > RIGHT

>>8748979

Sorry, mistyped. I meant left. Left = absolute qt.

>>8748998
Its too late, you've made your choice

>>8748842
please stop starting threads with this picture, the lower lid eyeliner on the right looks horrible and so half the replies every time you do it are
>I think she looks cuter on the left

Kind of an opposite question to OP's
Are there any books that justify and encourage escapism?

>>8748889
She looks like a regular person before the makeup and a doll afterwards. Being more attracted to the before pic means you prefer reality to social standards.

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>>8749002

"no"

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She make-upped away her adorable dimples.

Studying philosophy and reflecting on your current condition until an adequate road to self-improvement specifically tailored by and for you is probably the best course of action.
If you are lazy, just browse through the self-help section of your local library and read what interests you. An anon from another thread said that self-help is very dependant on timing, and he's absolutely right.

>>8749005
>implying that it was not intentional

>>8748842
yea OP
first you have to know yourself, like socrates said.
I'd recommend the psychology of self esteem by nathaniel branden. 6 pillars too.
then you could start reading alice miller the drama of the gifted child to connect with your inner self, your true self.

Also, stay away from anything like Eckhart Tolle or those gurus that say that you need to lose your ego and meditate and all those new wave things. That's bad advice and leads to even more depression and doubt

>>8749013
She's also smiling in "before", which helps...

>>8748925
i feel bad for anyone trapped in the illusion of society and its expectations

>>8748989
this is an objective fact. She goes from cute girl next door to disgusting club slut.

She's still cute on the left

>>8748989
>>8749244
t. ugly people who have cucked them selves into being attracted to women that they think are obtainable

>>8749263
Well, if true, that seems like a good idea though.

>>8748989
this

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>>8749284
>be ugly guy
>if you hit on good looking girls you're delusional, 'lower your standards', and so on
>if you hit on average, not so good looking girls you're a creep that it's only interested because they seem more attainable

>>8748842
maybe nicomachean ethics

>>8749643
Same here anon stay strong

>>8749040
>Eckhart Tolle

H-He helped me a few years ago...

Left literally looks more comfy.

>>8749263
Meh, it's the same girl. It's just a progression of waking up with bedhead to coming back out of the bathroom while you hit the snooze alarm. Her style will change over time. Oh yeah, she used up all the hot water.

Thanks for suggesting those authors, I will look into them.

>>8749005
i want to cuddle her on the left and bang her brains out on the right.

>>8750118
Nu-males diagnosed

Stop glorifying this old hag.

>>8750135
how is that nu-male in any way? are you a homosexual?

>>8750160
>old hag
Definition of nu-male.

Real men go after young girls.

>>8748842
Cuter without makeup

>>8750209
you'd pass on someone attractive just because "real men go after young girls"? pretty sure you're homosexual m8.

>>8750209
1 thats a spook

2 she is like 20, maybe 25

>>8750240
Old hags aren't attractive.
>>8750252
Anything over 16 is old hag.

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>>8750209
Truth

>>8750268
That's an old hag.

>>8749263
the chick on the right looks more obtainable tho, she looks like the type of walking detritus I would find in my 20s at some niggermusic club and drunkenly fuck her + her skank friends at a hotel with tha lads

chick on the left isn't unobtainable but since she doesn't wear her agenda via three inches of "i suck dick" paint, it's marginally more difficult to gauge what is her deal without further investigation and actually talking to her/seeing her IRL

>>8748989
this desu, my girlfriend's hair looks like the one on the left when she doesn't straighten it. It took me like a month to convince her it was better unstraightened. Thank fuck she doesn't wear too much make up.

>>8750612
Is there anything worse than when they think they need to straighten their hair? Straight hair is literal garbage, wavy and curly is masterrace

>>8749005
thought it was the "evil stepmom from the 90s" eyebrows

>>8750631
Yeah, I don't know why some girls think it's necessary. Maybe some media influenced perception of beauty. There are occasions when the messier less put together hair isn't appropriate, like formal stuff, but most of the time I think it looks way better.

>>8748842
She already had plenty of eyeliner on in the left picture or her eyes are naturally rimmed in black

>>8750931
Eyelashlet detected